On Jun 8, 2005, at 14:17, Sylvie Nguyen wrote:
Information regarding bobbin lace web sites and instructional materials for introductory bobbin lace, in Russian, would be quite welcome.
There was/is a website - Snezhinka? Snegurotchka? Something like that (and to do with snow, anyway <g>), but I don't have it bookmarked, so don't know the URL.
And, if you're asking on behalf of someone who's currently in US, I can *lend you* (I want them back, and you'd be responsinble for their return) two books: 1) "Ruskoye kruzhevo", by E.I Tretyakova (Sankt-Peterburg, Lenizdam, 1995. The name of the town may have changed since '89, but not the publishing office's <g>) 2) "Narodnyi ornament v kompozitsji chudozhestvennych isdelii; koklushechnoye tsvetnoye kruzhevo" (Moskva, Izobrazitielnoye iskusstvo, 1993)
The first book is much more useful as a BL "primer"; it has lots of patterns, each with a photo (sometimes two, if colour work can be employed), pricking, diagram and some instructions. And each section (technique) has a historical introduction to it; the whole is a bit like Nottingham's "Technique of BL", from the Russian viewpoint :) It also has a - pretty comprehensive - review of the tools used, how to wind a bobbin, etc.
The second book is mostly history, with a lot of photos of old laces, but it also has a few patterns (with photos and prickings/diagrams as well as some - sketchy - instructions). *And* it has a glossary of terms - something that my one-and-only *Polish* book on BL *does not have*... <g>.
I don't know how good/comprehensive the verbal instructions are; I have not read either of the books through carefully because, after 35+ yrs of dis-use, my Russian is very rusty indeed :) But, skimming through them, I'd say they seem to be only a little bit better than the ones in the Polish book. That is, not *quite* adequate for someone who's trying to learn the craft by herself from step-1, though OK for someone who already knows what they're doing. Much like the Polish *cookbook* <g>. OTOH, for someone whose primary language is Russian but who has a helper (teacher, or just another - but more advanced - lacemaker) to unscramble the snarls for her, they might be just the thing...
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